DAY ONE - WORKSHOP:

The Process of Influencing State-level Policy: Advocacy and Networking Instruction
Presented by Sherri Greenberg, MS, LBJ School of Public Affairs

GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

Award Winning Competitive Papers on Public Health and Policy
Liz Trevino, Moderator

FORUM RECEPTION AND POSTER SESSION:

Welcome and Public Health Comment
Eduardo Sanchez, MD, MPH and Patricia Gray, JD, LLM, Moderators
Speaker: David Lurie, Director, Austin/Travis County Health Department
COMMENTARY FROM: The Honorable John Cornyn, The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchinson, The Honorable Michael Burgess, The Honorable Chet Edwards
OPENING ADDRESS: James S. Marks, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President and Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Health Group

DAY TWO - WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS:

Eduardo Sanchez, Moderator
Speakers: David L. Lakey, MD, Commissioner, Department of State Health Services; David Lurie, Director, Austin/Travis County Health Department; Robert Morrow, MD, Chair, Council on Public Health, Texas Medical Association

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

Joseph W. Thompson, MD, MPH, Director, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement; Surgeon General, State of Arkansas

LEGISLATORS PANEL:

Patricia Gray, Moderator
Panel: The Honorable Leticia Van Putte; The Honorable Susan King; The Honorable Dianne White Delisi

BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS PANEL:

Camille D. Miller, President and CEO, Texas Health Institute, Moderator
Panel: Kathy Durbin, Director of Benefits, HEB Grocery Company; Kevin Fickenscher, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of Healthcare Transformation, Perot Systems; Paul Handel, MD, Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas; Donna M. Meyer, PhD, System Director of Community Health, CHRISTUS Health

DIALOG WITH LEGISLATORS AND BUSINESS LEADERS

Eduardo Sanchez, Patricia Gray, Camille Miller, Moderators

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

Stephanie B. Coursey Bailey, MD, MSHSA, Chief, Office of Public Health Practice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

AFTERNOON PLENARY: Recap of last Legislative session

Patricia Gray, Moderator
Panel: Audra Bryant, Policy Analyst, Texas Medical Association; Kirk Cole, DSHS Legislative Liaison; Dr. Laura Guerra-Cardus, MD, Texas Policy Director, Chidren's Defense Fund Texas; Larry Johnson, President of the Texas Association of Local Health Officials, Director, Abilene/Taylor County Public Health District; Elizabeth Love, MPH, TPHA Executive Board, Chief, Office of Policy and Planning, Harris COunty Public Health; Gayle Love, Director of Public Health, Texas Medical Association; Jason Sabo, Vice President for Policy, United Way Texas

WRAP UP AND SUMMARY:

Eduardo Sanchez, Moderator
Speakers: William M. Sage, MD, JD, Vice Provost for Health Affairs, James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence in Law, University of Texas, Austin; Jeanne Lambrew, PhD, Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs

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ABOUT THE FORUM

The Texas Public Health Policy Forum is a biennial event created to examine federal and state issues that impact the local public health system. It provides elected officials, public health officials and professionals, citizen advocacy groups, and community and business leaders an opportunity to discuss and debate issues resulting in timely public policy recommendations to improve the health of our citizens.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

State and local elected officials, legislative staff, public health stakeholders, concerned citizens, and local and state health department staff.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Contact Laura Weiss, Texas Association of Local Health Officials, (512)528-9691 or email:lweiss@talho.org

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